Who are you targeting with your mailing list?

[StudioLooong]

@burvantill Have you tried LinkedIn? Thats how I got a lot of names for places that didn't list them - and a few addresses too! If you search for a publisher and click on "people" on their page it gives you a list of people on LinkedIn that say they work for the company, their title, and often times the city they live in (which can be helpful when you notice the address you have is for an office in New York but all the art directors seem to live in Boston).

There's a workforce breakdown and if you click the Next one or two times theres one that breaks it down by "what they do." If you choose "art and design you'll be able to filter all the art directors and designers.

You can also go to the "about" tab and scroll to the bottom to see if they have an office address listed.

[braden H]

Thanks everyone! This helps

[burvantill]

@Phil-Cullen I watched that video today.and came to the conclusion that my list is entirely too short. .
Thankyou for mentioning it, I learned a lot today.

[burvantill]

@StudioLooong wow thank you! . I learned a lot today from the video on how to get freelance work. Linked in was one of the suggestions. I thought I was doing okay, turns out NOT. . My list is way too short and not nearly enough names. I’m sooooo grateful for svs. The school and my art friends here in the forum. You all rock!

[Phil Cullen]

@burvantill Yea it's a great video, lots of great info to unpack. My list is way too short also.

[lmrush]

@StudioLooong thanks so much, that is amesome, although all that info doesn't come up for me. Do you pay something/membership to linked in to have more information?

[lmrush]

I go to my favorite picture books that I feel fit with my style and sometimes the Art Director is listed on the jacket, if not I do a little research and try and find the Art Director who worked on that book and target hem-Good Luck

[StudioLooong]

@lmrush I don't pay for premium. It may have to do with people i'm connected with. It looks to me like a lot of the people in my search results are 3rd level connections. But im not super sure how it works.

[ArtofAleksey]

Omg why didn’t i think of using linked in like that before!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@StudioLooong this is very helpful!️️️

[braden H]

@StudioLooong How did you make connections? Do you actually know the people you're connecting with on linkedin, or are you simply sending out connection requests?

Forgive my ignorance this is all very new to me :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

[StudioLooong]

@Braden-Hallett no, mostly just people I went to college with, worked with, or talked with at conferences. Im connected to less than 300 people. Maybe being a graphic designer helps because a lot of my professional connections may know someone who's a designer in publishing who would be connected with more people in publishing? I wouldn't call myself a linkedin expert either...

[lmrush]

@StudioLooong thank you!

[Laurasketches]

@Braden-Hallett and @StudioLooong THIS is exactly why I come to the forum. Thank you for asking (and responding) to all the right questions. Also, it's helpful to not feel so alone in the journey

[braden H]

@StudioLooong Cool cool. Looks like linedin is great if you already have connections :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes: I'm gonna have to start that with illustrators I meet.

Maybe we should start a little SVS linkedin circle and branch out

[StudioLooong]

@Braden-Hallett I'd be happy to connect with you and any other SVS-ers! Hopefully we can all help to expand eachother's networks! https://www.linkedin.com/in/teackerman/

[xin li]

Hi guys, the mailing list has drove me a bit crazy - it was so hard and time consuming to build up a mailing list with both email and post mail address. It seems like editors do not want to be found. So I reached out to @Braden-Hallett asking for collaboration on building a mailing list together.

Here is what we have got so far. It is not much, it is a start:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rK7HFfCJ0Sbok4_Gt_cT7D3sdCgLDQytbEu5lGnUlQY/edit?usp=sharing

The mailing list is focued on childrens book, YA book, comics and graphic novels (Not so much editorial)

Anyone interested in collaborating on this?

[braden H]

@StudioLooong Thanks! For anyone interested, here's mine

linkedin.com/in/braden-hallett-5a4169193

@xin-li

I'll be adding to that list as I continue to sleuth away through Canadian indie publishers

[StudioLooong]

@xin-li wish i could upvote this 10 times!

[burvantill]

Here is the link to that list of publishers currently accepting submissions.